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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (3 days ago)

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Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (3 days ago)

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Green Party leadership race – revolution or damp squib?

Reece Stafferton
8 June, 2018

The leadership election could prove an opportunity for radial debate on the Greens future, or a coronation of the status quo. Reece Stafferton writers.

One year on: How progressive alliances changed the general election

8 June, 2018

The snap election might have proved disappointing for the Tories, but the bid for a progressive government did not win either.

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Just some of the times the Daily Mail’s Paul Dacre has made politics worse

Josiah Mortimer
7 June, 2018

Ten low-lights from the past few years.

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An open letter to Keir Starmer: To avoid a cliff-edge Brexit, back the Lords amendment

Molly Scott Cato
7 June, 2018

Molly Scott Cato MEP reaches beyond party lines and calls for the Shadow Brexit Secretary to support staying in the European Economic Area.

Parliament’s fake news inquiry shows it’s not Remainers who are in contempt of democracy

Josiah Mortimer
7 June, 2018

Two key witnesses in Parliament’s ongoing fake news inquiry have shown real contempt for our democratic institutions this week.

We’ve slowed the fracking industry down. Now we’re gearing up to stop it completely

Chris Saltmarsh
7 June, 2018

Activists are gearing up for a fresh wave of protests against fracking. Could it halt the industry for good?

Michael Gove’s ban on the ivory trade is a start – but here’s what he must do next

Joshua Myers
6 June, 2018

There are other elephants in the room when it comes to animal rights.

This trade union just became the latest to back a ‘people’s vote’ on Brexit

Josiah Mortimer
6 June, 2018

One of the largest private sector unions has thrown its weight behind a referendum on the Brexit deal – adding new momentum to the campaign.

The RBS sell-off can’t hide the Tories’ failure to clean up its rotten culture

Prem Sikka
6 June, 2018

RBS is being slowly privatised – but little has been done to check the corrupt culture, argues accounting expert Prem Sikka.

Care workers on the brink: Why I’m on strike in Somerset today

Bernadette Yea
6 June, 2018

Faced with council cuts, social care companies are slashing working conditions for low-paid staff. Enough is enough.

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